Ocs Hall

Ocs Hall
Settlement Information
Type	Town
Kingdom	Vlandia
Villages	Mareiven, Oritan, Fregian
Sieges with...	Battering Ram, Ladders, and Towers
Port	No

Ocs Hall is a town of the Kingdom of Vlandia. It is ruled by the Baron Belgir of the dey Fortes.

Given the similar names and information from the game files, Ocs Hall is presumably the precursor of Uxkhal, a town of the Kingdom of Swadia featured 173 years later in Mount & Blade: Warband.

Description

Ocs Hall is one of the few towns in the Vlandian kingdom that was founded after the seizure of the land from the Empire. This valley was once an isolated holdout of Battanians, centered on the Llyn Modris, a lake in a volcanic caldera that was said to be the  seat of a giant. This land was conquered by the Vlandian warlord Oca, who also gave his name to the nearby Ocspool lake. The Battanian tribes were driven inland, and took their legends with them.

Territory

The villages bound to Ocs Hall are Mareiven, Oritan and Fregian. Additionally, the castle-bound village of Ormanfard does its trade here.

Points of Interest

Like most towns in Calradia, the town has a number of facilities and points of interest.

• By taking a walk through the streets you may encounter town notables looking for employees for various quests and jobs.
• The keep, where the nobles reside and its dungeon where any prisoners will be located.
• An arena where you might practice combat, participate in tournaments and pay the arena custodian to reassign character perks.
• A tavern, where you might rest and enjoy food and drinks. You may encounter Wanderers here to hire as Companions, or find Mercenaries for hire. Taverns also hosts patrons like Ransom Brokers, buying any prisoners your party may hold, and those who might be interested in playing the local board game.
• A market to buy and sell food supplies, equipment, horses and other livestock.
• A smithy to forge new weapons or smelt down undesirable ones into smithing materials.
• Criminal gangs may be present at different locales such as the Backstreet or Waterfront.

Economy

At its starting point, the town is of average Prosperity.

Trivia

• Before the Early Access map changes, Ocs Hall was spelled Oks Hall and before that it was referred to as Sunor, likely referring to the Swadian town of Suno.
• According to the game's settlement.xml file, Oks Hall is the previous name of Uxkhal, and is Calradic for "Lobster Claw".
• The theory that Ocs Hall is an earlier depiction of Uxkhal is further supported by comparing the banners of the dey Fortes and the personal banner of Count Delinard, ruler of Uxkhal in Warband. Their banners feature similar imagery, with the the exact same lion design.